ESS
HoldPremium GrowerEssex Property Trust, Inc. · Real Estate · United States · $18.9B cap · $148.5M/day traded
$270.39 -0.4% · close 12 Oct · scored 14 Oct
Premium Grower: Strong business with the market behind it, priced at a premium.
Report expected 27 Oct: the next-year EPS estimate has risen 4.6% over the last 13 weeks.
As of 14 Oct 2026, MoatMap's StockRank for Essex Property Trust, Inc. (ESS) is 54/100, ranked against 24,000+ stocks in 35 markets (Quality 58, Value 24, Momentum 66, each scored against its sector).
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ABOUT ESSEX PROPERTY TRUST, INC.
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Essex Property Trust, Inc. is a fully integrated real estate investment trust (REIT) focused on acquiring, developing, and managing multifamily residential properties. Its competitive edge lies in concentrating its portfolio in supply-constrained, high-growth coastal markets of Southern California, Northern California, and the Seattle metropolitan area. This strategy allows it to benefit from strong rental demand and limited new supply, positioning it as a premier West Coast multifamily REIT.
FINANCIAL SUMMARY (USD)
| Year | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | CAGR | TTM | 2026E | 2027E | Fwd CAGR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | 1.6B | 1.7B | 1.8B | 1.9B | 5.5% | 2.0B | 2.0B | 2.0B | 3.7% |
| EPS | 6.27 | 6.32 | 11.55 | 10.40 | 18.4% | 6.43 | 9.93 | 11.38 | 4.6% |
| Shares | 64.6M | 64.2M | 64.3M | 64.4M | -0.3% | 64.3M | — | — | — |
| Debt | 6.0B | 6.3B | 6.7B | 6.9B | 4.4% | 6.7B | — | — | — |
| Equity | 5.7B | 5.4B | 5.5B | 5.5B | -1.0% | — | — | — | — |
| Op CF | 975.6M | 980.1M | 1.1B | 1.1B | 3.3% | 1.1B | — | — | — |
| Inv CF | 146.0M | -145.1M | -973.1M | -552.5M | — | — | — | — | — |
| Fin CF | -1.1B | -477.3M | -419.7M | -512.2M | — | — | — | — | — |
Above its 200-day average and 10% below its 52-week high.
Calmer than 92% of stocks we rank over the past year (19% a year).
How this is worked out
StockRank judges the business. The price check reads only the chart: it is the price side of the Momentum score, in words.
The rules: Still falling is a new 52-week low in the last two weeks, at least 25% below the high. Finding a floor is no new low since. Turning up is 20 or more trading days without a new low, at least 10% off it, and back above a rising 50-day average. In an uptrend is above the 200-day average and within 15% of the high.
In 2,112 US drawdowns since 2001, buying while the price was still falling was followed by a further 20% drop 42% of the time. Waiting for a turn like this one cut that to 33%, at about 7% higher prices and with no better returns. Part of that cut is simply not buying: 13% of falls never turned, and waiting kept those out. Among turns that were bought, 38% still fell another 20%, and 33% of turns were followed by a new low within six months. The benefit was largest in crashes such as 2008 and 2020.
What it measures: day-to-day price moves over the past year, as a yearly figure, ranked against every stock we cover. Very calm under 20% a year, Calm 20 to 30%, Average 30 to 40%, Bumpy 40 to 55%, Very bumpy above that.
What we found: across about 13,500 stocks in 34 markets (2002 to 2025), past swings were a good guide to the next year's, and bumpier stocks fell further. How much further changed too much between eras to put a number on it.
Calm is not safe: a calm stock can still slide steadily.
Rules fixed before any data was fetched. Describes the chart, not a recommendation.
SCORE BREAKDOWN
FUNDAMENTALS
SECTOR PEERS
Closest peers in Real Estate, ranked by industry match, size, and score similarity. Cross-listings of ESS are excluded.
| Ticker | Company | Mkt Cap | StockRank | Signal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ESS | Essex Property Trust, Inc.(you) | $18.9B | 54 | Hold |
| SUI | Sun Communities, Inc. | $14.2B | 54 | Hold |
| UDR | UDR, Inc. | $12.4B | 54 | Hold |
| ELS | Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. | $12.0B | 54 | Hold |
| AMH | American Homes 4 Rent | $12.7B | 60 | Hold |
| MAA | Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | $14.0B | 44 | Hold |
| INVH | Invitation Homes Inc. | $15.9B | 67 | Buy |
| MRP | Millrose Properties, Inc. | $4.5B | 53 | Hold |
| VMRK | AvalonBay Communities, Inc. | $47.4B | 41 | Hold |
| CPT | Camden Property Trust | $11.3B | 32 | Sell |
Peer medians: ROE 4.6% · P/E 21.7x · Gross margin 67.3%
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